Konecny>Gaudreau

Well he is younger and on a long term contract for less $$ but he has never come close to matching any of Johnny's numbers in his previous 3 years of playing. Hell he hasn't scored over 50 pts in any season till now. Johnny has never scored less than 60 since he came into the league and has been over 78 pts in the last three seasons straight.

Everyone is ragging on JG this year for having such a down year and even now he is only 4 pts behind Koceny.

I get not wanting to make the trade because of age and cap but don't for a second try to say that its because Koceny is better than JG!

Konecny is better than Gaudreau as of right now. Gaudreau's 99 points last year came from everyone else having career years. Konecny is having a career year while some players on the Flyers aren't performing to their best.

Konecny turns 23 in March, when most players start to enter their prime. Gaudreau turns 27 this summer, when most players start to decline. We're not looking to change up only to get a player that will be worse in the next three years.